Orbitally-driven climate forcing in late Pliocene lacustrine siderite-rich clastic rhythms (Upper Valdarno Basin, Northern Apennines, Italy)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 331-332, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-135

  Ielpi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate; Cyclostratigraphy; Lacustrine; Pliocene; Siderite; Valdarno

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CLIMATE FORCING; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; ECCENTRICITY; FACIES; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIDERITE;

APENNINES; ITALY; TUSCANY; VALDARNO BASIN;

EID: 84859815389     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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